Explore practical strategies and interventions to enhance planning, organisation, and time management
Executive functions are commonly affected in people with a range of disabilities including acquired brain injury, autism spectrum disorder and psychosocial disabilities. Despite this, the term executive function, and the functional implications of executive dysfunction of often poorly understood.
Learning objectives:
- Be able to clearly explain what executive functions are to clients, families and carers and how executive dysfunction can impact on functional performance.
- Understand the unique skill set occupational therapists can bring to executive function assessment.
- Increase awareness of different ways to assess executive function and the pros and cons of each.
- Increase knowledge and confidence in recommending and implementing strategies aimed at minimising the functional impact of executive function impairments.
Workshop duration: 2 Hours
Cost: $120.00
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About the Presenters:
This workshop will be delivered by Occupational Therapists Belinda Renison and Nadine Holgate who each have over twenty years of experience in supporting people with ABI and their support networks in community settings. Both Belinda and Nadine are passionate about supporting people and their support networks to understand the nature of their executive function strengths and weaknesses and to co-create innovative strategies aimed at reducing the functional impact of their executive function impairments. Both Nadine and Belinda also work for Monash University as trainers and research clinicians in PBS+PLUS; which is a new positive behaviour support approach which focuses on building self-regulation skills for people with behavioural issues after brain injury.
Belinda’s observations of the debilitating nature of executive function impairments post-ABI lead her to complete a Doctorate in Clinical Neuropsychology in 2010 investigating why formal pen-and-paper measures of executive function were often limited in their ability to predict everyday executive functions commonly experienced by people post-ABI. This research has informed Belinda's clinical practice when assessing executive function skills. (BELINDA TO CHECK)
Nadine Holgate is the Director of Neurolinks, an Occupational Therapy practice in regional Victoria specialising in community ABI rehabilitation. She is passionate about building capacity for occupational therapists in both metro and rural locations to confidently work with people with brain injury in a collaborative, individualised way to achieve meaningful outcomes. Nadine has a keen interest in supporting families impacted by brain injury and completed her Masters of Clinical Family Therapy in 2009
Workshop duration: 2 Hours
Cost: $120.00
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Absolutely appreciated the idea of embedding EF skill building within functional and meaningful goals as well as embedding into routine. Lots of opportunities to better utilise NDIS core supports to assist in these areas. Also really liked the ‘exploring time use’ visual. I have many late diagnosed Autistic women that I work with that a slightly modified version of ‘task versus difficulty’ would really highlight weekly planning to support goal achievement. Thanks for sharing :)
- Kathy, Senior Occupational Therapist
Thank you for this wonderful presentation on core occupational therapy work, it's importance and why it works. So much rich information and meaningful strategies for assessment, intervention and how to persevere and work with kindness and confidence to support clients towards their goals, and great tips to smooth relationships with family members and gain their trust and support (eg your theory, my theory).
- Melanie Community OT
